Somewhere Over China Lyrics - Jimmy Buffett

Just a semi normal person 

Thought he had the future planned 

Then he won some silly sweepstakes 

Now he had a hundred grand 

Never stopped to think of taxes 

He was gone before they knew 

With a flair for old romantics 

To the Orient he flew 

When they fueled in Papeete 

Place a call to Big Mamou 

With an honest explanation 

Just to tell the whole damn truth 

It's his one chance in a million 

Who'd deny the simple fact 

Twas no use to talk it over 

He'd be home when he got back 

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Chorus 

Now he's somewhere over China 

Lookin' down on all the trails 

On the mountains lookin' back at him 

It's a real live fairy tale 

Put a little distance 

Between causes and effects 

Like a day old fortune cookie 

Askin' who or what comes next 

What the hell did Marco Polo think 

When he ran into the wall 

Or the crazy flying tigers 

Doin' spins and loops and stalls 

Just a taste for something different 

Perking up a boring day 

Now our man from Louisiana 

Feels exactly the same way 

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Chorus 

They're all somewhere over China 

Shanghai or old Peking 

On a plane or a boat in an envelope 

Real adventure has it's ring 

Just to put a little distance 

Between fact and fantasy 

Still six thousand miles away from 

where I really want to be 

How I would love to drive the shuttle 

Just to feel the engines roar 

And to operate the levers 

That control the payload doors 

I could buzz the Himalayas 

Barrel roll above Hong Kong 

Set her down in San Francisco 

To the clanging of the gong 

Chorus 

We're all somewhere over China 

Headin' east of headin' west 

Takin' time to live a little 

Flying so far from the nest 

Just to put a little distance 

Between causes and effects 

Like an ancient fortune teller 

Knowin' who and what comes next